AI PCs featuring a specialized Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for on-device AI work are becoming ever more common. While Copilot+ tools built into Windows 11 are a primary use case for your PC’s NPU, last week I put together a list of third-party apps that also make good use of the AI hardware.
In that piece, I failed to mention one important aspect of AI apps. As pointed out by 12-year Microsoft MVP Lance McCarthy in response to my app roundup, Microsoft’s Windows AI APIs “make using the NPU reaaally…

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